Jordan School District
Suicide, Bullying, and Violence Prevention Plan
Each of our schools have created a unique prevention plan. Each of the school’s plans can be viewed by scrolling down on this page and following the links. The information below highlights Districtwide prevention efforts.,
Prevention Plan Overview
Jordan School District prioritizes prevention by offering support and services to schools, families, and students that are relationship-driven, learning-focused, and data-informed. Our District has partnered with several agencies and community partners to deliver evidence-based interventions and address prevention needs for our student body.
Jordan District has prioritized prevention through the following efforts:
- At each Jordan District School, there is a team of support professionals who are trained to help each student succeed. Some highlights unique to Jordan School District’s prevention efforts are:
- Each of our elementary schools are now funded to have a full-time school psychologist and full-time school counselor to meet students’ unique mental health and academic needs.
- Each of our secondary schools has a full school mental health team made up a school psychologist, a school counselor with a maximum caseload of 350 students, and a school-based clinical mental health counselor or social worker.
- Along with each of these essential mental health supports, each school also has a unique and caring group of educators and educational support professionals available to meet your students’ needs.
- Ongoing access to parent and family resources including partnership with the Cooke Center for Human Connection, evening parent seminars, classes through the Jordan Family Education Center, support for local school-based parent events, mental health screenings, and support for local community coalitions.
- An ongoing partnership with Panorama to streamline student-centered data to identify student support needs through a coordinated data dashboard.
- Offer and support training for administrators, school mental health team members, and other staff members on positive behavior interventions.
- Acquire and utilize federal grant funds (Project AWARE) to support schools in implementing evidence-based social and emotional learning curriculum.
- Offer regular training for administrators, school mental health team members, and other staff members on prevention planning and social and emotional learning.
- Provide systems of support for students who have needs beyond the school’s ability to address, i.e. special education placements, safe schools hearings, and return to learn support.
- Support student’s access to quality mental health services through ongoing training and support for our school mental health teams made up of school counselors, school psychologists, and social workers.
- Offers access to a variety of additional mental health resources including Jordan Family Education Center, Mental Health Access Program, and mental health screenings.
- Bridges community support by engaging in coalitions, associations, and other stakeholder groups to ensure availability and access to resources for students and families.
- Offers ongoing restorative practices, skill development and support through training and consultation.
- Offers consultation and support to school staff members regarding cases related to suicide and self-harm, bullying, violence, and overall prevention planning.
- Monitors and supports early warning systems & anonymous reporting tools such as SafeUT and BARK content monitoring, including emergency intervention protocols.
- Supports continued social, emotional, and behavioral growth through support for wellness centers, calming kits and tools, curriculum support and implementation, and ongoing consultation and planning support.
Suicide Prevention Plan
- Our District Team provides annual training for all mental health providers and administrators on suicide risk intervention guidelines. We also make other training available to schools and school staff members (i.e. QPR, CALM, etc.).
- Our District Team ensures that schools have access to current and relevant evidence-based interventions for suicide prevention, which can be found at wellness.jordandistrict.org.
- Our District Team provides the following training resources to support schools in educating their staff and students on recognizing warning signs, reporting procedures for individuals identified who may be at risk, and resources available. This training and resources includes
- Content monitoring support through BARK where students of concern are identified and recommended interventions are sent to school teams for follow up.
- SafeUT is monitoring at a District level including imminent responses for quick and thorough follow up on reported issues of concern.
- Additional resources related to suicide prevention training and resources can be found at wellness.jordandistrict.org.
- Our District supports social and emotional learning skill development and makes evidence-based curriculum available tto schools through training, curriculum, and funding through grants.
Bullying/Harassment/Discrimination Prevention Plan
- Our District Team regularly reviews SHARP data, Panorama survey data, staff mental health data, mental health and support program access data (JFEC, MHAP, etc.) in an effort to enhance prevention and training planning.
- Our District Team ensures the following:
- Schools have access to current and relevant training materials for recognizing incidents of bullying. The District Team also offers free mental health screenings, intakes through Jordan Family Education Center, and recommendations at Safe Schools Hearings that can support our District in identifying students who may be involved in incidents of bullying.
- Our District team monitors and supports anonymous reporting tools (SafeUT) and content monitoring software (BARK) used by schools.
- Our District team provides current and relevant training and resources to support schools in responding to reports of bullying on an ongoing basis.
- Our District Team provides access to resources and training to support schools in effective intervention and supports based on student needs, i.e.
- Jordan Family Education Center
- Mental Health Access Program
- Safe Schools Hearings
- Jordan Behavior Assistance Team
- Functional Behavior Assessments
- Behavior Intervention Plans
- Student Wellness Plans
- Consultation and planning with school teams
- Our District Team provides resources, training, and support for building community, resolving conflict, restorative practices, and social and emotional skill development.
Violence Prevention Plan
- Our District Team provides training and resources for school teams on the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (C-STAG) including level one and two training offered throughout the year for school teams to attend.
- Our District supports school teams in recognizing and responding to threats of violence through:
- Content monitoring software (BARK)
- SafeUT after-hours monitoring and intervention support
- Training on response following the C-STAG guidelines
- Offering School Violence Risk Assessments through our Jordan Family Education Center
- Consultation and planning with school teams
- Our District Team provides access to resources and training to support schools in effective violence prevention and intervention including supports based on student needs, i.e.
- Jordan Family Education Center
- Mental Health Access Program
- Safe Schools Hearings
- Jordan Behavior Assistance Team
- Functional Behavior Assessments
- Behavior Intervention Plans
- Student Wellness and Return to Learn Plans
- Consultation and planning with school teams
- Our District Team provides resources, training, and support for building community, resolving conflict, restorative practices, and social and emotional skill development.
School’s plans can be found on their website